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| TKO 2005 Awards Ceremony |
| MMA News Written by MMARR | |
| Friday, 27 January 2006 | |
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On top of the weigh ins and the event itself TKO had an awards gala after the weigh ins for the first annual TKO awards. There were a variety of categories ranging from “Canadian who best represented Canada on the International Scene” to “Best KO”. The only rule was the fighter/ team had to have competed in TKO a minimum of once that year. Team Tomkins was the big winner this year and the team took home a combined 7 of the fifteen total awards. The evening was hosted by Stephane Patry who spoke in French and Mark Colangelo who handled the english duties while the two big screen TV’s showed the nominee’s. There was a hiccup up at the beginning with the event starting later then expected, but ran promptly after the initial "Technical Difficulties" were ironed out. There weren’t to many surprises as UFC fighter Georges St. Pierre took home the hardware for Canadian who best represented Canada on the International scene as well as Fighter of the year, TKO president Stephane Patry took home the “Best manager” award, Mark Hominick took home best striker and Fabio Holanda took home best grappler. The categories, nominations, and winners are below and were “As selected b the media, athletes, and trainers of the Canadian mixed martial Arts scene." Fighter of the year Georges St. Pierre Winner: Georges St. Pierre Rookie of the Year Dave Pariseau Winner: Chris Horodecki Trainer of the Year Lance Gibson Winner: Shawn Tomkins Fighter who best represented Canada on the International Scene Georges St. Pierre Winner: Georges St. Pierre Most improved Fighter Samuel Guillet Winner: Jonathan Goulet Fight of the year Chris Horodecki vs. Dave Goulet TKO 23 Winner: Sam Stout Best Striker Sam Stout Winner: Mark Hominick Best Grappler Fabio Holanda Winner: Fabio Holanda KO of the year Sam Stout vs. Donald Ouimet TKO 23 Winner: Chris Horodecki Submission of the year Georges St. Pierre vs. Dave Strasser TKO 19 Winner: Fabio Holanda Most Exciting Fighter Mark Hominick Winner: Mark Hominick Manager of the year Shawn Tompkins Winner: Stephane Patry Team of the Year BTT Canada Winner Team Tomkins Canadian Media Representative who did the most for the sport. Arnold Lim – MMA Ring Report Winner: Arnold Lim – MMA Ring Report |
On top of the weigh ins and the event itself TKO had an awards gala after the weigh ins for the first annual TKO awards. There were a variety of categories ranging from “Canadian who best represented Canada on the International Scene” to “Best KO”. The only rule was the fighter/ team had to have competed in TKO a minimum of once that year. | < Prev | Next > |
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